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date: 2022-05-02
link: https://freakingrectangle.com/2022/04/15/how-to-freaking-hire-great-developers/
title: How to Freaking Find Great Developers By Having Them Read Code
cited: Freaking Rectangle

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> When hiring developers, there are many things we are looking for, but over the years I have found that raw coding ability is easily the most important quality to look for. I can quickly train a person to have knowledge in some domain, but I’ve never seen raw coding ability come from anything other than personal commitment to extensive and deep practice. Because of this, I have found that some methods work better than others to discover talent.

> … instead of writing code, consider instead having the candidate read existing code and talk about what it does and how it works. This offers some powerful advantages: